Symposium: Collective Security, a Rules-Based International Order and the Åland Islands
The symposium ‘Collective Security, a Rules-Based International Order and the Åland Islands’ will be held in Mariehamn on 4 and 5 October. Discussions will concern collective security and a contractual world order in relation to Åland’s demilitarisation and neutralisation. The symposium is based on research results from a three-year research project on demilitarisation and neutralisation, (2015-2017). The results of the project have been collected in the book ‘Demilitarisation and International Law in Context: The Åland Islands’. The symposium will be held in English for invited researchers and practitioners. After the symposium, a summary of selected highlights and reflections will be presented in Swedish for everyone interested. This will be at a seminar open to the public on 5 October from 13:30 to 15:00 at Alandica’s Auditorium. The speakers at the symposium will be:Matti Anttonen, Permanent Secretary at the Finnish Ministry for Foreign AffairsProfessor Emeritus Lauri Hannikainen, University of HelsinkiProfessor Geir Ulfstein, University of OsloProfessor Timo Koivurova, Director of the Arctic CentreAssociate Professor Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, Director of the Åland Islands Peace InstituteProfessor Tuomas Forsberg, Director of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced StudiesDoctor Pirjo Kleemola-Juntunen, Lapland University, RovaniemiDoctor Saila Heinikoski, University of TurkuDoctor Gunilla Herolf, Chair of the Research Board of the Åland Islands Peace […]